þjór
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognate with Faroese tjórur, Danish tyr and Swedish tjur, and more distantly with Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros) and Latin taurus. Doublet of tarfur, which was borrowed from Old Irish.
Noun
[edit]þjór m (genitive singular þjórs, nominative plural þjórar)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of þjór | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þjór | þjórinn | þjórar | þjórarnir |
| accusative | þjór | þjórinn | þjóra | þjórana |
| dative | þjór | þjórnum | þjórum | þjórunum |
| genitive | þjórs | þjórsins | þjóra | þjóranna |
Further reading
[edit]- “þjór” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
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